Gifts must affect the receiver to the point of shock.

Rings and jewels are not gifts but apologies for gifts. The only true gift is a portion of yourself.

When I give I give myself.

Man discovers his own wealth when God comes to ask gifts of him.

Do not stretch your hand out to receive, But close it when you should repay.

Do not be ashamed to give a little; for to deceive is to give still less.

Surely there must be a better gift God could have given us than life?

There is sublime thieving in all giving. Someone gives us all he has and we are his.

The joy of giving is indeed a pleasure, especially when you get rid of something you don't want.

You never want to give a man a present when he's feeling good. You want to do it when he's down.

There is no benefit in the gifts of a bad man.

We do not quite forgive a giver. The hand that feeds us is in some danger of being bitten.

The only gift is a portion of thyself.

How painful to give a gift to any person of sensibility or of equality! It is next worst to receiving one.

Riches may enable us to confer favours, but to confer them with propriety and grace requires a something that riches cannot give.

It is more blessed to give than to receive.

Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above.

To give and then not feel that one has given is the very best of all ways of giving.

Everything that you receive is not measured according to its actual size, but, rather that of the receiving vessel.

Presents, believe me, seduce both men and gods.